Description: General and special orders issued by the XX [20th] Bomber command; 45th Bombardment Squadron, 40th Bombardment Group; 58th Bombardment Wing; 1905 SCU Reception Station No. 20, Fort MacArthur, California. November 1944-August 1945 (17 items). Medical and dental records. 1943-45 (5 items). Financial, collegian and Veterans Administration papers. October 1945-August 1947 (8 items). Miscellaneous: Army Separation Qualification Record; Christmas card; Ration book; Registration cards; etc. (10 items);Military records and correspondence, photographic negatives and newspaper clippings related to service and discharge of Staff Sergeant Allen R. Read, US Army Air Force Radio Operator and Mechanic in the 20th Air Force. This collection is arranged into five series: Series I. Military records and correspondence related to service and discharge, 1943-1945; Series II. Flight records, 1944-1945; Series III. Radio signal notebooks; Series IV. Newspaper clippings regarding Lindbergh and Corrigan; Series VPhotographic negatives.

"This book contains authentic photographs and salient facts covering 358 troopships used in World War II. In addition, other vessels of miscellaneous character, including Victory and Liberty type temporary conversions for returning troops, are listed in the appendices ..."--Pref.